It was 50 years ago today that President Richard Nixon visited China and surprised the world. For more on this trip and pictures from this historic anniversary please review the link below:
President Nixon China Visit 21.02.72
Our thanks to the President Nixon Library and Archives for kindly sharing this information.
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
The US-China relationship remains, despite the geopolitical rhetoric, the most important great power relationship of the 21st Century.
Professor Orville Schell, one of the world's foremost Sinologists, provides his perspectives on how both countries can best avoid a showdown.
How to get back from the brink
Our sincere thanks to Grid News for kindly sharing this article.
The US–China joint declaration announced at COP26 has given political impetus to controlling methane by 2030.
The focus will be on monitoring and calculating emissions, and on policy measures.
How will China control its methane?
Our thanks to Chinadialogue for kindly sharing this article.
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Please find a link below to a comprehensive review of the policy challenges and opportunities facing the US as articulated by a star-crossed panel of China scholars.
China's new direction - challenges and opportunities
The full report can be downloaded below and our sincere thanks to the Asia Society for sharing the Report in association with its centre on US-China relations and UC San Diego's School of global policy and strategy 21st Century China Centre.
Download 2021-china-new-direction-report_updated_0
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Kindly find a link to the Asia Society's webinar scheduled for 1700 (Los Angeles) or 0900 +1 Day (Beijing) exploring the origins of China's wolf warrior diplomacy via a virtual Fireside chat with acclaimed journalist and author Peter Martin and host Dr. Ira Kasoff.
The Making of China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy 20.01.21
China Direct would like to thank The Asia Society for kindly sharing this information.
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Kindly find a link to a live discussion regarding Common Prosperity that will be hosted by CSIS and include comments from Joyce Chang, Managing Director and Chair of Global Research at CBI Member JP Morgan on Wed 29th Sept from 1600-1700 (DC) / 2100-2200 (UK).
Event Introduction and Overview
Please join the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics for a roundtable discussion of the origins and implications of China’s heightened effort to achieve “common prosperity.” Through a one-hour interactive discussion, the program will address the economic, political, and societal components of this drive as well as consider its implications for both China and the United States.
Important questions we will answer include:
Joyce Chang of JPMorgan, John L. Holden of McLarty Associates, and Scott Rozelle of Stanford University will shed light on these pressing questions surrounding “common prosperity.” Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy will host and moderate the discussion.
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS
FEATURING
Dear CBI Members and Partners,
Please find details of a webinar hosted by the Asia Society which will review the first few months of the Biden Administration from across Asia.
To sign up kindly follow the links here. This is a free and public event.
Our thanks to the Asia Society for kindly sharing this information.
CBI member, United Airlines, has announced that it will resume flights to China, following a temporary suspension of service in February due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Starting July 8, United will operate twice-weekly flights between San Francisco and Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, with a stopover in Seoul.
United will fly a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from San Francisco to Shanghai on Wednesdays and Saturdays, while passengers traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco will fly on Thursdays and Sundays.
"United's service to the Chinese mainland has been a point of pride for our employees and customers for more than 30 years. Resuming services to Shanghai from the United States is a significant step in rebuilding our international network," said Patrick Quayle, United's vice-president of International Network and Alliances.
United will also restart flights to Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong.
At present, only Chinese nationals can freely enter the country. Since March 27th, foreign visas and residency permits are considered suspended, unless they are diplomatic, Type C or courtesy visas.
The CBI is grateful to AmCham China for sharing its most recent Flash Survey which looks at the impact of COVID19 on US business interests in China. Please read on for the summary and a link to the survey below.
Key Findings
On Wednesday 25th March 2020 the American Chamber of Commerce in China (“AmCham China”) released the results of a second Flash Survey that evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on its member companies. With almost 120 companies responding to the survey, these results continue to provide invaluable insight into the ongoing impact on American and multinational companies in China, as well as providing the US and Chinese governments with suggested policy support.
Disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to escalate in China. Roughly half of the surveyed members say they are experiencing significant revenue declines, compared with 28% last month. Meanwhile, 39% of companies report a drop in demand for their products, up 6 percentage points from last month.
As the fallout from the epidemic has become clearer since last month, more members now express a pessimistic outlook. 57% of respondents said they expect 2020 China revenues to decrease if business cannot return to normal before April 30 – up from 48% the month before – while 60% (up 10 percentage points month-on-month) said 2020 revenues will decline anywhere between 10% and 50% or more if business cannot return to normal before August 30.
“Our member companies are still wrestling with challenges brought by the epidemic, and there’s now concern about the global impact,” said AmCham China Chairman Greg Gilligan. “Since our last survey, this has now become a worldwide pandemic and close to half of the companies said the global spread of the virus would have a moderate-to-strong impact on their China operations. But the views aren’t all grim: nearly a quarter of our companies expect a return to normal business operations by the end of April, while 22% have already resumed normal operations, and 40% report they will maintain previously planned investment levels, up significantly from last month’s survey.”
The survey also found:
This Flash Survey was conducted between March 14 and 18, 2020, and 119 member companies completed the majority of the questions. Survey respondents represent large, medium and small-sized enterprises, including many with global operations and some with operations in Hubei, and/or provinces surrounding the center of the COVID-19 outbreak. To download the full report, please click here.
For more information, please contact:
Mark Dreyer, Marketing & Communications Director, AmCham China
mdreyer@amchamchina.org
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Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research have developed a rapid testing technology for the novel corona virus (COVID-19). The team, led by Professor Zhanfeng Cui and Professor Wei Huang, have been working to improve testing capabilities as the virus spreads internationally.
The new test is much faster than those being used at present and does not require complicated or expensive instruments in its administration. While previous viral tests for COVID-19 took 1.5 to 2 hours to give a result, the new test developed by Professors Cui and Huang is capable of giving a result in just half an hour.
Prof Wei Huang says: “The beauty of this new test lies in the design of the viral detection system that can specifically recognise SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) [Ribonucleic acid] and RNA fragments. The test has built-in checks to prevent false positives or negatives and the results have been highly accurate.”
In addition to providing a result far faster than current tests, the technology behind the test is more sensitive, meaning that patients in early stages of infection may be identified sooner. Moreover, the test requires only a simple heat-block which maintains a constant temperature to be administered. Finally, the results of the RNA reverse transcription and subsequent DNA amplification can be read by the naked eye, making the test particularly useful in rural areas or less well-equipped community healthcare centres.
The technology has been validated against real clinical samples obtained from Shenzhen Luohou People’s Hospital in China.
The scientists are now working to develop an integrated device so that the test can be used at clinics, airports, or even at home.
To read the press release in full, please follow the link.
